Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1997

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1997 were Emily for girls (42 babies) and Jacob for boys (55). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,286 babies born in Wyoming in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1997

Names given at least 15 times in Wyoming that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Bailey: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Sierra: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jordan: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shelby: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sara: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Courtney: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Taylor: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Morgan: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Haley: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Abigail: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 15 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Wyatt: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Taylor: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Colton: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dalton: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tanner: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tristan: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cody: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chase: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ethan: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	42	↑3	1
2	Taylor	42	↓1	7
3	Hannah	36	↑7	5
4	Samantha	34	↑1	6
5	Jessica	28	↓3	2
6	Ashley	27	↓3	3
7	Jordan	26	↑11	40
8	Megan	26	↓2	11
9	Bailey	23	↑8	65
10	Elizabeth	23	↑11	9
11	Sarah	23	↓3	4
12	Sierra	23	↑11	56
13	Morgan	22	↓6	22
14	Alexis	21	↑10	8
15	Madison	21	↓4	10
16	Courtney	20	↑3	28
17	Lauren	19	new	14
18	Abigail	18	↓4	26
19	Amber	17	new	29
20	Haley	17	↑12	31
21	Alyssa	16	↓8	15
22	Kayla	16	↓13	12
23	Rebecca	16	↓1	25
24	Shelby	16	↓12	43
25	Victoria	16	new	19
26	Rachel	15	↓11	13
27	Sara	15	new	50
28	Brooke	14	new	45
29	Mariah	14	↑10	67
30	Sydney	14	new	35
31	Kaitlyn	13	new	41
32	Katie	13	↑4	87
33	Alexandra	11	↓5	30
34	Aspen	11	new	>100
35	Danielle	11	↑9	34
36	Erin	11	new	52
37	Mackenzie	11	new	71
38	Savannah	11	↓4	47
39	Amanda	10	↓23	16
40	Emma	10	new	36
41	Gabrielle	10	new	51
42	Katelyn	10	new	63
43	Kelsey	10	↓6	57
44	Kylee	10	new	>100
45	Molly	10	new	98
46	Breanna	9	new	74
47	Brianna	9	↓22	17
48	Jade	9	new	>100
49	Kaylee	9	new	>100
50	Kendra	9	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	55	↑1	2
2	Austin	54	↑1	9
3	Tyler	44	↓2	10
4	Michael	40	–	1
5	Christopher	36	↑7	4
6	Cody	36	↑5	36
7	Andrew	35	↑2	7
8	William	35	↑8	19
9	Zachary	34	↓1	13
10	Anthony	33	↑17	18
11	Brandon	33	↓6	8
12	Joshua	33	↓6	5
13	Matthew	32	↓6	3
14	Nicholas	32	↑5	6
15	Justin	30	↓1	20
16	James	29	↑1	17
17	Ryan	27	↓4	16
18	Dylan	26	↑15	30
19	Joseph	24	↓1	12
20	Benjamin	23	↑8	29
21	Kyle	23	↑1	24
22	Jordan	22	↓7	26
23	Steven	22	new	40
24	Ethan	21	↑13	46
25	Taylor	21	↑10	87
26	Jonathan	20	↑17	21
27	Nathan	20	↓4	34
28	Thomas	20	↑16	31
29	Dalton	19	new	90
30	Noah	19	new	38
31	Robert	19	↓5	23
32	Wyatt	19	↑7	>100
33	Alex	18	new	55
34	Daniel	18	↓13	11
35	Samuel	18	↓4	27
36	Alexander	17	↓12	22
37	Caleb	17	↑3	47
38	Cameron	17	↑3	45
39	Colton	17	↓19	>100
40	Logan	17	↓10	42
41	Patrick	17	new	50
42	Sean	17	new	48
43	Tanner	17	new	82
44	Chase	16	new	77
45	Hunter	16	↓20	44
46	Jesse	16	↓4	63
47	John	16	↓37	15
48	David	15	↓19	14
49	Jason	15	new	41
50	Lane	15	new	>100

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